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If they ever put one in NorCal, I'd do a roadtrip to check it out... :D

For the low, low price of $1K, these could be yours - Backcountry Pannier Kit (V2.5) 15% discount for an undetermined amount of time. Made in Vietnam, so no Chinesium found.

Smart hams (i.e. ones who follow the laws, regulations, etc.) actually ground their lightning-susceptible antennae. Dumb ones don't, and occasionally pay for their dumbness. I worked as a solo IT contractor for US West Wireless out of the Seattle office (actually Bellevue) for a year or so and...

I'm a proud Luddite. I've done my time in mainframes, micros, mini, DEC, Apollo, even played with the Palo Alto Research Center's Star computer (first GUI & mouse), and I trust them not at all. Users do the dumbest things and there are legions of hackers & black hats stealing billions of userids...

These two guys are hilarious. When are they going to apply for US citizenship?? :D

FWIW, I use White Lightning Clean Ride Bicycle Chain Lube White Lightning - Clean Ride™ on the Mosko panniers' plates & receiver plates. It's a PITA when you get the new plates and have to hammer them out with a screwdriver & mallet, the liquid paraffin makes taking off the panniers a WHOLE...

I test-installed the new ORANGE Mosko Moto Backcountry panniers on the back of my bike just to see how visible they were and I wasn't disappointed. The vertical orange molle strip accents popped! I'd put them both on my bike & ride around, but the green/orange combo would blind people... :D

I knew Gary, at least enough to watch him fly past me on his Ninja 250 a few times. Went to his memorial service. I'm a maybe for this, I might be committed to taking down a passed-away ham's rather tall antenna assembly up in Richmond that day. Depends on whether I can get some other folks to...

Most secure computer is the one that's completely disconnected from anything, in 9 yards of concrete, at the bottom of the ocean. Kinda hard to use, but it's secure.

Which DGR? I've attended half-a-dozen of Doc's rides/seminars, he's a good guy. Getting up there, tho (yeah, same as me, so...)

When my browser restarts to install security updates, the "Stay logged in" option is worth less than a bucket of warm (spit)... :D

ADVRider's Death Valley Noobs Rally, end of March 2026. I'll presumably see you there with my own ADV1. :D

Yes, "usually". Sometimes it's the forum software that has to be tweaked.

Not a competition... :D

18-pack of what?? :D

Well, I purchased the ADV1 when it was first offered (I'm #5) because it was perfectly suited to my needs, I ordered a pair of Mosko Backcountry panniers when they were offered at a 15% discount, and I'm generally on the lookout for good used gear ($100 for a 3-gallon RotoPax gas can w/mount)...

I'm going to experiment with that, whether it floats negligibly better if the two magazines are loaded. Oh, and I picked up 500 rounds of .22LR, so I'm not loaded for bear... Definitely loaded for empty beer cans, tho.... :D

I'm going to stick with available (Verizon) coverage for my phone & my SpotX GPS beacon. I'm not that worried about trying to keep up with the Kardashians or Bachelor or Tigerman, whatever. My wife was on Jeopardy and we DVR that & the various Nature/NOVA stuff, I'll catch up when I get...

Hey, Rod & Luke! Minor annoyance, but... can the forum software be tweaked to allow the password to be kept in memory/cookies? My passwords are 16-character with caps & specials, and I'd like to NOT have to type it in all the time. Thanks!! Yes, and I admit the possibility of hackableness...